One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. In the taut opener, “Victory Lap,” a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he ...(展开全部)

One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. In the taut opener, “Victory Lap,” a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he ...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn't until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, their impact on modern science and society was profound. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society was profound. Revealing the history behind this infinitesimal interval, A Tenth of a Second sheds new light on modernity and illuminat...(展开全部)

The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time. 'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books of the Year. Sanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan, Spain to Germany, t...(展开全部)

"That one was the most beautiful machine I had ever laid eyes on." In a world where humans are the minority and androids have created their own civilization, a wandering storyteller meets the beautiful android Ibis. She tells him seven stories of human/android interaction in order to reveal the secret behind humanity's fall. The stories that Ibis speaks are of the "seven novels...(展开全部)

约翰·比奈尔 （John P. J. Pinel） 《生物心理学》的作者，在蒙特利尔的麦吉尔大学获得博士学位，在麻省理工学院短期工作后取得温哥华英属哥伦比亚大学教员职位，目前他是该学校的荣誉退休教授。比奈尔教授是一名备受赞誉的教师，也是200多篇科学论文的作者。然而，他觉得《生物心理学》才是他与职业生涯相关的主要成就：“它将与我职业有关的所有挚爱：学生、教学、写作和研究都联系在一起。” 比奈尔把他的许多成就归功于他的妻子——玛吉（Maggie）。她在不同的时期分别是专业的艺术家、设计师和私人教练。多年来，他们在很多项目上都有合作，《生物心理学》中高质量的插图在很大程度上得益于她的专业和努力。 译者简介 杨莉 现任华南师范大学心理学院及脑科学研究院教授，博导。中国心理学会生理心理学分会委员，广东省脑发育与脑疾病防治学会常务理事，广东省神经科学学会理事。...(展开全部)

约翰·比奈尔 （John P. J. Pinel） 《生物心理学》的作者，在蒙特利尔的麦吉尔大学获得博士学位，在麻省理工学院短期工作后取得温哥华英属哥伦比亚大学教员职位，目前他是该学校的荣誉退休教授。比奈尔教授是一名备受赞誉的教师，也是200多篇科学论文的作者。然而，他觉得《生物心理学》才是他与职业生涯相关的主要成就：“它将与我职业有关的所有挚爱：学生、教学、写作和研究都联系在一起。” 比奈尔把他的许多成就归功于他的妻子——玛吉（Maggie）。她在不同的时期分别是专业的艺术家、设计师和私人教练。多年来，他们在很多项目上都有合作，《生物心理学》中高质量的插图在很大程度上得益于她的专业和努力。 译者简介 杨莉 现任华南师范大学心理学院及脑科学研究院教授，博导。中国心理学会生理心理学分会委员，广东省脑发育与脑疾病防治学会常务理事，广东省神经科学学会理事。...(展开全部)